>> now to bart police say they have doubled the number of people arrested for felony since last year. how the statistic is making writers feel about using that transit system. also, state attorney general rob bonta says a former north bay mayor will not face criminal charges after being accused by multiple women of assault. and a new affordable housing project has been approved in san mateo county, but some neighbors are raising concerns about its location. >> well, news station. he's calling news 2. >> thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. i'm justine waldman. our top story today, barr police reporting stepped up safety measures across the system are making a big difference for riders park. police releasing new data revealing the effectiveness of its safe and clean planet. just a sample that success here. they said that felony arrests are up 62% from last year. kron four's

terisa stasio in the east bay for us with the numbers. also talked with riders to see how they feel about this. and she's live for us now. thanks for joining us. >> i we're here in the east bay at they are in debt, bart station. now we have talked to riders were going to share their thoughts. pet, you know, bart police chief kevin franklin really applauding his department for these increased numbers. we've got some pictures that we want to share with you. so you can see for yourself what he's talking about with this increase in safety. take a look. and this is just an example of some of the illegal guns confiscated during arrest. in total far, police say that officers officers took and 49 illegal handguns that is up from 40 in 2022. officers made 6, 7, 127 arrest in 2023. that's a jump from 448 in 2022. police chief kevin franklin saying, quote, since we started deploying more patrol officers to ride

trains. we have seen an impact and our riders. you're telling us that they noticed a difference. we spoke with riders and they share their thoughts. >> takes a monday to friday. in the morning and they come back at this time in early afternoon and noticed this more. staff for the safety i really appreciate that. >> they've made 2 arrests taken guns suit kind of, you know, suspect things. do you feel like it's safer in general? >> well, you know. really glad that there's more. intervention because yeah, i have noticed there's possibility of things, bad things happening. >> matt barnes say is that a quarterly performance review riders who reported saying bart officers on their trip reached a record high of 20%. again, the chief saying that the increase safety is mostly

due to getting more officers into the department and that they continue to try and have a robust recruitment we're going to be talking to the bar chief coming up at 3.45, on kron. 4 news this afternoon. so make sure that you stay tuned for that reporting live now here in the east bay and theresa back to justine. thanks some. now to the coast where there is a new affordable housing project that's been approved in san mateo county. some neighbors, though, are raising concerns about it. >> kron 4 s charles clifford joins us now live moss beach right near the site of this plan development. charles, what don't they like about it? >> well, good afternoon. you know, here in san mateo county, there's pretty much brought agreement that low income workers, especially farmworkers around half moon need affordable housing and in the years ahead, this entire area you see behind me here could be redeveloped into affordable housing community. however, this project does face some challenges. the san

mateo county board of supervisors has approved what's known as the cypress point affordable housing project. the new neighborhood will be built on this lot in moss beach will include 71 1 to 3 bedroom homes spread across 16 buildings. a quarter of the units will be reserved for farm workers and other low-income residents and all of the units will be rented to households that make below the area's median income. it's exciting. it's great to put roofs over people's heads. the san mateo county board of supervisors, including supervisor david can approve this project unanimously on the coast. >> there is not enough affordable housing and even with this development, it's really exciting that we're we're we're doing it. we're still deficit. so we need to keep moving forward with projects that we have in the pipeline. we certainly need low-income housing, but the plan is not without critics. neighbors like rich pierce, all are concerned that adding dozens of new homes here will cause traffic problems and strain already limited public

resources. there's a progression that happen. that should be a road study. >> should be a sewer study. this be a water study. should study the impact that it's going to have existing community. and i believe that those things are kind of being bypassed in order to get this project approved and the and to get underway. supervisor campus says that any new housing development comes with challenges, but he believes they can be met. but we're really going to take into consideration the concerns we're going to have to make. >> significant investments and the county is committed to doing that. the county estimates that construction could begin in 2028 and be completed by 2030. >> all right, back live. now this project is being paid for in part with a 17.8 million dollar grant from the california department of housing and community development. but for now in san mateo county, charles clifford kron, 4 news. charles, thank you. now look at the latest out of maryland right now are divers are

trying to recover the remains of 4 construction workers after that deadly bridge collapse. >> so far, 2 victims have been recovered from the water below. the men were repairing potholes on the francis scott key bridge early tuesday morning when it collapsed, a ship container lost power and crashed into a column that was holding the bridge. it's still not clear why it lost power. the national transportation safety board says the ship was carrying 56 containers of hazardous materials, including flammables. >> some of the hazmat containers were breached. we have seen a sheer or she sorry sheen on waterway, the federal, state and local authorities are aware of that and they be in charge of addressing those issues. >> the ntsb says it could take up to 2 years to finish its investigation. however, a preliminary report could be released in the next 2 to 4 weeks. former windsor mayor

dominic foppoli will not face criminal charges from the state attorney general's office. that decision coming 3 years after multiple women accused him of sexually assaulting them. rob bonta's office sent kron for news. a statement that said it reviewed the investigation done by the sonoma county sheriff's office and did its own additional investigation. and at this time the office does not have enough evidence to warrant filing charges on the cases. polly resigned as mayor in 2021. has said that the encounters were consensual. bottas office added the investigation remains open and anyone with additional evidence should come forward. ftx founder in palo alto native sam bankman-fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a quick cryptocurrency fraud case. the palo alto native was a titan in the crypto industry as the ceo of ftx. but customers lost billions when the exchange collapsed last november. bankman-fried was convicted of fraud, conspiracy and money

laundering. prosecutors say that he cost investors more than 10 billion dollars by ms appropriating the money to cover his expenses, which included purchasing luxury properties in the caribbean. the judge did say he would advise the federal bureau of prisons to sent him to a medium security prison or last near the san francisco bay area. because he's unlikely to be a physical threat to other inmates or prison staff and his autism and social awkwardness would make him vulnerable to other inmates in a high security location. we're taking a look outside. nice wide look here at san francisco right now, enjoying some sun today. a little rain yesterday break today. morris coming tomorrow. coast letting us know what's happened. i think you just said the weather. do you need me? >> we actually do still have some showers out there right now. but yes, more will be expected as we get into tomorrow. but let's talk about the rain. we've picked up yesterday. >> can't feel in the overnight picked up over an inch of rain

point rays. you can see over half an inch just under that santa rosa about 4 tenths in napa, oakland, just a little over a quarter inch in san francisco to ted's down the south bay. we got far little over a 10th of an inch, but we did see a few showers in the south bay earlier today. you can sell kind of rolled through there. and so we could pick up a little bit more. it might not just be showing up on the gauges. right now, though, the north bay is the one that's getting some of the showers out there. you can see the few and in around santa rosa and santa rosa petaluma and even sandra fell. it is all very light. it is all very scattered. certainly doing a little better along the peninsula and the south bay now sees we getting a little bit of clearing as well. but that's just to say that things are still quite unsettled as this low pressure system is hanging out right here and getting to ready to make its track down the coast. that's what's going to be set to bring us a whole lot of rain we get into tomorrow. but today not too bad. 62 degrees in san jose right now are in the upper 50's in downtown san francisco and oakland sitting at 59 degrees as well. napa about 59 58 in petaluma. let's look at our future cast here

and just show you this is what's coming our way tomorrow. i'll be back in a little bit. we'll talk more about that. all right. let's play ball is fans plan to head to the coliseum tonight and what could be the team's last opening night in oakland. many expected to protest the teams. >> relocation efforts to las vegas conference. michael thomas reports now on the plant reverse boycott. >> lot of baseball to be had on this opening day of 2024, lots of boycotting happening here in the city of oakland is oakland a's fans plan to pack up the parking lot of the stadium rather than the actual stadium. and oakland a's officials will they say they're looking those gates to the parking lot only until 2 hours before. >> last year over 25,000 fans showed up to the oakland coliseum on opening day to pack it out as a reverse boycott for the team's pending move to las vegas this year. organizers from the last dive bar in the oakland 68 plan to boycott by having a block party inside parking lot which normally opens up for hours before the game. but the oakland is decided this year

with a parking lot. gates will open up until 2 hours before the game, which is 5 o'clock rush hour. organizers like brian, tell me this doesn't come as a surprise to dissipate it. >> and that do something right to try to thwart the efforts, the boycott and what better way to do so then open the gate just prior to the game. only 2 hours before, you know, it's funny because they've never done that before. oakland city officials have publicly asked the oakland a's to open up the gates earlier as the major traffic jam at the coliseum, which is near 8.80. >> could be a safety concern. not to mention singer-songwriter kesha. kohl's also hosting a concert at the arena next or thousands upon thousands of cars trying to get in the stadium all at the same time. >> it's it's going to be a public safety risk at this time. we hope that the a's and we days to open it sooner. officials from the a's have yet to make any changes regarding the gate times opening and boycott organizers say all their social media request for a time change have been ignore. if you are heading over to that area this evening around 5 o'clock, you may expect a big delay.

>> that's a very latest reporting in oakland, michael thomas kron. 4 news. >> kron four's kate rooney and sara stinson will be at the game tonight. bringing us all the latest action from throughout the evening. far to that. and coming up east san jose school district is facing a dire financial deficit and it could be taken over. >> by the county's top education office. and later, the big honor for kron four's pam moore today. we'll have that coming up at 3.30. but first, the clash of the campaigns in the big apple. president biden and former president trump are both new york city today. we'll have more on visit in a live report after this. kron 4 is your loca

national election headquarters. president biden is in the big apple tonight for a campaign fundraiser with 2 former presidents and a lineup of celebrities. >> and former president trump is not that far away. he's attending a police officer's funeral on long island. our washington correspondent maddie beer-temple reports now on the clash of the campaigns. thanks for joining us. >> hi, justine. the new york city event is expected to bring in 25 million dollars and what the biden campaign says is the biggest cash haul ever for a political event. >> president biden is hosting a star-studded fundraiser in new york city. that includes 2 former presidents clinton and obama. there are a lot of democrats. >> the want to president obama very involved. former obama staffer and news nation contributor johanne damascus as her old boss is ready to do some serious campaigning for biden to help draw in more

voters. they see each other. >> and having different audiences. very important audiences. thousands bought tickets for the radio city event. they cost between $225 and $500,000. >> the guests will see musical performances and a conversation between biden, obama and clinton moderated by stephen colbert. it all adds to the president's already hefty campaign war chest. the biden campaign surging are raising trouble. peter loge with george washington university says donald trump's campaign is short on cash and can't afford big rallies anymore. so trump's frequent court appearances have become campaign events, but trump is finding other ways to connect with his base from sit down with the slain officer is a terrific messaging that trump was in new york to for the wake of new york city police officer jonathan diller, who was killed during a traffic stop reminding people that afraid of crime and he's someone standing with with victims and cops. trump stopped to talk to cameras

after the week said event such a horrible thing. >> it's happening all too often. >> the white house says that president biden did speak to new york city mayor eric adams to offer condolences about the death of the officer reporting in wathington. i'm maddie beer-temple. mattie, what's next on the agenda for both campaigns? so president biden after the fundraiser will be heading to camp this weekend. and former president donald trump will be having a rally on tuesday in green bay, wisconsin. medicare temple live from washington, d.c., our newest dc correspondent. we're so glad you're with us during kron for news in the afternoon. thanks for joining us. all right. now it's the latest on the war that's raging in the middle east. the top united nations court has ordered israel to take measures to improve the >> humanitarian situation in gaza. this does include opening up more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war

ravaged areas. a panel of judges at the un's top court is also considering a complaint from south africa that accuses israel of committing genocide in the palestinian territory. the judges were unanimous in their decision but israel urged the court not to issue new orders. back to the bay and in the south bay, san jose's alum rock school district is facing some serious money problems and this could cause some schools to close leaving a lot of students in limbo. kron four's will tran in san jose with the details. the alum rock union school district is a lot like a lot of people out there. they can't pay their bills simply because they're not making enough money. >> so they are facing a 20.8 million dollar budget deficit for the next school year. don't worry if your kids are in school this year. we're talking about 1000 kids within this school district. you're not going to be affected were talking about next school year because they don't have the money to pay all their bills.

they're not getting as much money coming from that state from the federals as well as local officials to make that budget gap clothes. so they have to make tough decisions like a lot of people out there and those tough decisions could impact staff and students as well as driving around. all explain that in just a few moments. but in the meantime, take a look at your screen. these are some of the options on the table, including hiring freeze for about 48 people. freezing benefits, services and then worst-case scenario. they're also possibly contemplating closing schools. what does that mean? sometimes you could live very close to the school for your kids. but if that school closes and they have not said that they will or which ones. but if that school closes, that means you'll have to drive further to another school. just a drop off your kids. we're talking

kindergarten through 8th grade. so right now they still have to think about this. they have a couple of months before they come up with the final presentation in june. well, lots going on simply because they are not pulling in the money that they used to. and if they cannot make it work, then the santa clara county board of education will step in and they ultimately will have to make that decision. back to >> all right. let's talk about the forecast now. here's what it looks like across the golden gate bridge with kyler here to talk about what's going on. weather wise. yeah. we still have a few people with a couple showers out there right now, but not like and we were yesterday, right? but then tomorrow we've got marginal flood-risk. so that is the lowest category on this. but it does mean that we do have a bit of a flood risk now by saturday, this transfers itself right down to the central coast and notice southern california in the slight flood-risk which means they have a higher risk of it as we get to saturday, they're going to get some very big totals. i mentioned this is all going from this low pressure system that's to our north and west. watch how this

plays out, how it's going to roll down the coast so we get into tomorrow morning. you start to see that rain rolling in counter clockwise circulation and it's on the move towards the south. so you can see where the snow comes into play, where we get more rain and where this finally starts to go. a little to the south of us. but it really hammers the central and southern coast of california before it's all said and done. and that will be basically later in the day on sunday. so for us, we're looking at totals that are going to be impressive are talking about an inch to an inch and a half of rain across the bay area. but take a look at ben lowman in the santa cruz mountains looking at over 2 inches or, for instance, big sur or as you get down into santa barbara and even las angeles, some very big totals on the way there. so for us, this is going to start friday morning. it is going to be bay area wide. most intense downpours look to be friday afternoon into the evening. we will be under a wind advisory as well and we'll have a chance of thunderstorms. it's a lot for an end of the kind of a system. wind advisories. you can see throughout a good portion of the state kicks in at 11:00am tomorrow morning

and does go until 05:00am on saturday. that's really the go time for this storm and we're going to see gusts potentially up to 45 miles per hour. so just get ready today. make sure everything is kind of, you know where it needs to be. there's that low pressure system right now. we are getting a little bit of energy from the front still that went through. so you can see a few of those scattered showers hanging out in the north bay. now, once this is all said and done and that will be sunday afternoon, we're going to have some gorgeous weather for next week. some warm temperatures really nice monday, tuesday and wednesday. still ahead, what we're learning about the southern california bookmaker at the center of the gambling scandal involving shohei ohtani's, former interpreter. >> plus, the federal sex-trafficking investigation into sean diddy combs is now expanding actor cuba

gooding junior has now added to the list of names allegedly linked to the federal sex-trafficking investigation involving music mogul sean diddy combs. according to court documents. >> music producer rodney jones says gooding junior sexually harassed and assaulted him on combs is yacht in february, jones filed his original lawsuit against combs alleging that combs forced him to procure workers and pressured him to engage an unwelcome acts with him. gooding junior's attorneys have not responded to the complaint. however, these are not the first allegations to surface against the actor back in 2022, he pleaded guilty to forcibly touching a woman in new york and made a deal to avoid jail time. we're also learning more now about the

alleged southern california bookmaker at the center of the scandal involving shohei ohtani's interpreter. so according to the orange county register, matthew bauer is a former commodities trader and now an operator of a martial arts studio. bauer reportedly met ohtani's former interpret interpret the pay mizuhara in 2021. and mizuhara started betting with bauer shortly after that, bauer's lawyers say he never spoke with ohtani but often promoted that ohtani was his client because he thought it would bring him more business attorney says he never bet on sports and he's not been accused of any wrongdoing. next up here, a family of 2 homicide victims is concerned about a district attorneys choice about how they're handling the case. why they say they disagree. >> with the move to try to dismiss enhancement charges. plus, dozens of video showing living with bruises and bumps after they say they were punched by strangers on the street. what we're learning about this disturbing crime

trend. but first kron 4 spam were honored at the 15th annual powerful women of the

>> kron four's pam moore was among 9 women honored at the 15th annual powerful women of the bay awards and oakland as kron 4 suit to go reports she might be retired now, but she continues to touch lives. >> hugs all around from and 04:00pm or at jack london square in oakland thursday. hard to believe, but it's been 3 months since the legacy kron for news anchor officially retire night.

>> miss i miss my got it check talked to people as often as i can send e-mails like i have to but it's been nice. and i just got back from china. women's history month closing out at scott seafood grill and bar where 350 guests including local leaders and dignitaries. >> gathered to honor 9 women at the 15th annual powerful women of the bay towards more receiving the powerful women of the bay special recognition want to get teary. >> this community has given my life so much. i'm so enriched by the love and support that people shown me. so i'm really grateful. in december, moore was honored with the san francisco press club, lifetime achievement award. >> one of numerous accolades she has received in her more than 3 decades in news. if you feel that you touch anybody is live in a good way.

>> troubles and the weight of the world you can touch. somebody is live in you know, that's what we're supposed to and she's been blazing trails for a long time. >> in oakland, philippe djegal, all kron, 4 news. >> in the south, a 3rd suspect has been arrested for copper wire theft from a vta station in san jose earlier this month, investigators reported that 3 people stole 20 feet of copper wire valued at $10,000. 2 of the suspects are arrested the day of the incident. santa clara county sheriff's office now saying deputies arrested 55 year-old michael reader on a long list of charges including grand theft, vandalism and possessing a stolen vehicle. police in valais. how are investigating the city's 5th homicide of the year earlier this month, police arrived at the scene of garden circle. and when they got there, they say they found a man's body. police say they will release the name of the victim after the family has been notified. police in

berkeley are investigating after a child was shot in the leg tuesday night. they say this happened near the intersection of our street and alston way by strawberry creek park. officers say they got a call about several gunshots in the area and when they got to the scene, they found this child shot. police have not said if they have made any arrests. the family members of a couple allegedly killed by former alameda county sheriff's deputy are upset with the alameda county district attorney pamela price. they don't understand why she requested to dismiss enhancement charges. kron four's gayle ong has the story. >> the man accused of this double murder. devon williams is facing a 50 years to life if convicted and sentenced of all charges. the judge dismissed assistant district attorneys oral motion to dismiss enhancements at this time. but the judge did say the da can make a motion for that same request after this hearing, court appearance was a preliminary heg for the judge to determine whether

defendant will be held over to face the murder charges. williams is a former alameda county deputy. he is accused of killing a married couple back in september 2022. police say williams shot the married woman. he was dating and her husband at the time. it happened in the couple's home in dublin. officers say he went on the run for a few hours but eventually surrendered the family of maria and suntran gathered outside court here to put pressure on the da. here is a reaction from maria tran sister about the judge denied a motion to dismiss enhancements. the judges good. he knows about the case in u.s. history, but he he knows to be doing the right thing. >> and i said i'm extremely grateful for what he has done. but is now up to the a price to do the right thing and to bring justice to our family and the community. >> the next court appearance will take place thursday afternoon. the family of the victims say they will be back here to put pressure on the d a reporting from dublin gayle

ong kron. 4 news. >> in the east bay, another former employee at the federal women's prison in dublin has been sentenced for sexually abusing several inmates making only a fairfield will be serving 6 years in federal prison after being convicted of multiple counts of abuse. the lee abused 5 women when he was assigned to supervise them, also engaged in acts with 2 women. prosecutors say he also threatened the victim with transferring her to another facility. nunnally joins 6 other former employees including the prisons. former warden. also the associate warden captain who've all been convicted in this scandal. redwood city police have arrested a man suspected of human trafficking after a monthslong investigation. officers found a victim last december at a redwood city hotel and she pointed them to 33 year-old marcus coleman. police found and arrested him in alameda county and how he's been booked into the santa

rita jail on suspicion of felony pimping and pandering. redwood city is also getting 2 million dollars from the federal investing in america agenda. the funds will go towards ensuring trails will be restored and protected from rising sea levels. these funds come r girlcouts were out on the trail. banks pulling some invasive weeds there. the area is home to over 280 species of birds and millions of water fauci. chain controls in effect once again in the sierra today. snow expected to continue throughout the weekend. one driver telling us the storms over the past couple of months have kept them prepared for this one. week. it snowed quite a bit. how much are we looking at? think we've got about 7 feet in 3 days. all right. let's talk about all that snow that's coming down in the sierra over the next couple of days. here's a quick live look outside. can see what the conditions look like and kyla snow is coming down as we speak. here we go again. yeah, we're getting a little

bit of a break right now. there are still a few flurries out there. you're taking a live look at diamond peak or you can see they got a little bit of snow. they got about 2 inches of snow, but we've got a bigger totals in spots. >> like boreal and soda springs got a foot 10 inches about rose sugar bowl and kirk. we get 9 take a look at some of the season. total to mean a really impressive 386 inches of all of that powder. still very chilly out there right now. we do have some cloud coverage, but 36 degrees and that's kind of an indication of the fact that we're barely getting any time between the systems. i mentioned there's a few flurries out there right now. but as we take a look here, look at this system and what it's going to be doing to the entire state. you see watches, warnings and advisories all the way from the northern reaches of california right down into southern california. so for us here in the tahoe area, we're talking about 08:00am friday till 05:00pm on sunday. that's when it's going to be the go time for this storm. 8 to 20 inches of new snow. we could see 2 to 2 and a half feet up at the peaks. gusty wind up to about 35 miles per hour. so difficult.

travel is certainly going to be a part of this. i would stay off the roads if you can. friday through sunday. so here we go on take into friday afternoon. this is just the noontime hour. heavy snow already coming down. you can see it continues for us on our friday evening. notice this. give you a little bit of a break saturday morning. but that counter clockwise circulation is going to with a little bit of snow back in saturday afternoon and even sunday morning before it's finally all said and done. and as i mentioned, these totals will once again be impressive. a cold system. i'll be back in a little bit. we'll talk more about the rain and we'll track that for you hour by hour. take a look at your 7 day forecast here in the bay. there's a mounting concerns for women living in new york city this afternoon after several have come forward saying that they were punched by a strange man. >> with no warning or motive, reporter hannah doba has the story. >> i was literally just and a man came to me in the face. oh, my god. so back in silence

or halle. kate's video is just one of numerous videos posted on social media platforms. young women bearing bumps and bruises after being randomly punched by men while walking in new york city. and i was looking at my phone. >> and like thompson and this man just come and hit me in the face. like most of these women claims before she even realized what happened sale and is long gone a sorry. in the next olivia's video and others have garnered millions of views and thousands of comments with other women sharing similar stories and questioning if this is some kind of organized viral punching trend, even celebrity. bethany frankel claims to have fallen victim. we reach out to nypd guarding the videos. they tell us that 40 year-old scott buck east or french political candidate who unsuccessfully ran for new york city mayor has been arrested and charged with

assault in connection with one of the alleged attacks. while nypd won't comment on whether or not these cases are part of a wider trend. one woman telling our ashleigh banfield she thinks there's more than one person punching women. i've seen other videos of the people who have >> accused punching them and they're not the same as 5% by elise. i know that. >> the mckayla have the same attacker. i thought it was an isolated incident. i thought i was going to your crazy moment. and then after i that was handed over reporting for us. and now for your health or some alarming new data showing 2024 measles cases have already surpassed. >> last year's numbers in the u.s. several outbreaks have caused early year spikes in cases and that includes an outgoing ongoing outbreak at a migrant shelter in chicago. but so far the u.s. has recorded 64 cases across 17 states. last year's total for all 12 months was 59 cases. the majority of 2024 cases are

linked to international travel and children who have not been vaccinated. according to the cdc, 2 doses of a measles vaccine are 97% effective. there's also growing concern over about a spike in m-pox cases, which has health experts are urging people to get vaccinated. the cdc is reporting 511 cases of the virus formally known as monkeypox and this year compared. to less than 300 cases last year at this time, health experts worry that the u.s. is vulnerable to new outbreaks after the m-pox health emergency expired more than a year ago. as a result, federal resources to get people vaccinated have been cut. the cdc is warning that a new variant of m-pox has been detected and then it's more severe and more transmissible. the virus is spread through personal contact and it does have flu-like symptoms that are followed by a rash. it raised lesions. coming up here, nonprofit that is

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>> california's new minimum wage law kicks in next week raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour. but what would be a celebration for some workers has also turned into a fear

over them, losing their jobs. kron four's rob nesbitt reports. >> many workers at fast-food chains are immigrants who don't speak english. that who i spoke to say the minimum wage increase is an improvement. but what they hope to be just the start. california is home to more than 500,000 fast food workers. and starting april first minimum wage for them will raise to $20 an hour. i spoke to to spanish speaking fast-food workers in oakland about the increase, including de la vargas who works as a cook at mcdonnell's. no snow. but still this is going to improve. help us improve our quality of life. folks will be able to spend less time at work and more with their family. she says living paycheck to paycheck has been difficult with the previous minimum wage of $16 an hour from all the crews works at a wendy's and says she can relate to the struggles. si is the face. april k it's very difficult. both my husband and i work but he doesn't have a stable job. and so when he's

not i becoming the head of household and 16 is not enough to pay for rent and like many fast food workers, cruz works later shift has noticed an increase of crime at night. >> she would like to see an even bigger minimum wage increase for those who often find themselves in harm's way experienced a lot. i don't what comes to mind, but really, really scared me was i saw my co-worker kids shot in the face with a bb and when i when i saw that happened, i to myself, what if this was a real kind, she could have died right there. and many fast food workers are already losing their jobs over the wage. increase. pizza hut and roundtable have both laid off 10,000 plus delivery drivers. >> and chipotle says it will be raising its prices to comply with the new wage law. and i mean, that seems to sum right now. >> hour gets ca a but we do know at next week it will more hours. and so, yes, it does

for i see them also bringing in new people and that worries me, too. >> the state assembly has passed a proposal to exempt some fast food restaurants from the $20 minimum wage increase including airports, hotels, event centers, museums and theme parks reporting the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> happening this weekend, it is the brown girl collective a nonprofit group that is set to host a groundbreaking event in san francisco. the 2024 brown girl collective summit aims to empower and uplift brown women in business. the event promises a day of networking empowerment and discussions. the founder, linda nice is excited to bring together brown women from diverse backgrounds under the theme building, branding in business. when was also a grant recipient from the city of san francisco in collaboration with the african american arts and cultural complex for the brown girl collective summit. she tells us the summit is a movement to empower brown women to rise

and thrive. >> black women, as we know is one of the sectors of entrepreneurial sets. and so sometimes we're going through that journey, we don't always have people that i want to guide us that are willing to resources for very seldom. do we find people that look like and so the goal in this summit is to create an atmosphere, oakland and open a while door where we can not only i look in the faces of women that look like but those women also encourage us and pushes to go further than where we are today. >> the event is this saturday. tickets are still available. we have a link on our website. kron 4 dot com. a nonprofit is petitioning to restore a historic train station that has been abandoned in west oakland, the oakland heritage alliance is working to persuade the developer. citi ventures to restore the 16th street train station. citi

ventures purchase the station and the surrounding land. in order to build 90 homes. but the nonprofit says rehab of the station is not part of the developer's plans for that area. the atn was damaged during the 1989 lo peta earthquake and faced aot of neglect since the non-profit hopes this petition will promote talks between the developer. the new state bills looking to protect blue whales from being hit by passing ships assembly bill. 22 98 aims to establish the california protecting blue whales and bmue skies program, which would prevent fatal ship strikes on endangered whale populations and also reduce harmful air emissions. the program would offer incentives to shipping companies that slow their speed along the coastline. researchers say each year close to 100 whales were hit and killed by ships along the west coast. many of them right near the san francisco area. happening tomorrow, the stanford women's basketball team will continue

their pursuit of a national championship. it's happening in portland. we'll be taking on north carolina state in the sweet 16. the cardinal needed overtime to beat iowa state in the second round of the ncaa women's tournament. all the wolfpack cruised to 64. 45 win against chattanooga. stanford will be looking to advance to the elite 8 for the 3rd time in the past 4 seasons. and after winning their first match on the road, the bay area's newest women's professional soccer team bay fc is playing their first home game this saturday. tickets for that match against the houston dash at paypal park are sold out. but officials say they do expect all the parking lots to also fill up quickly. so they're encouraging fans to take part caltrain also use rideshare services. the first 5,000 fans through the gate will get a pin and they're also be a fan fest area inside the stadium. taking a live look here outside and san francisco. nice to see some blue skies today after a little rain

yesterday. worst come go traffic get the umbrellas out. get all the umbrellas out and your jacket. i have a waterproof jacket with with this awesome hood. that works really well. and we have to wear that tomorrow. >> we had a few showers down in san jose. earlier we're getting a little bit of a break now. i'm happy to say san francisco's been doing pretty well today. y u can see blue skies here. quite our little mix of clouds. but still, we've been staying dry here in the we've had a little bit of energy just kind of rolling across. but for the most part, we're starting to dry out. you might disagree with me in the north bay where the fat a few showers scattered throughout the day. today my sister said they were very fat. raindrops. they were coming not too frequently. but when they came, it was definitely making for some wet times. so having said that, we are relatively quiet elsewhere. and for the rest of tonight, we should stay relatively quiet. and tomorrow, everything changes. it's all courtesy of this low pressure system. now it is going to start moving down the coast and when it does, it's going to through showers and wind our way. so let's take a

look at this. as i mentioned tonight, pretty quiet. so that's about 10 o'clock tonight. it's tomorrow morning. we wake up to this. we start to see the showers being thrown our way from that low pressure system as it transits to the south. now, by the time we get to the afternoon, these get rather heavy. so that's about noon time into about 2 o'clock notice. some of these oranges showing up. have wind with this and the potential for a thunderstorm out there to tomorrow. just when you think of my lighten up a little bit, no such luck. you can see saturday morning here we catch a little bit of a break and then saturday afternoon we see a little more kind of being thrown our way because, again, this thing heading to the south. but that counter clockwise circulation means it tosses a few showers back on the way down. sunday morning, though, we should start to get some meaningful clearing. so again, that low pressure system heading down south. but then high pressure is going build so that's why next week is going to be a whole new but meanwhile, between now and then we've got quite a bit of rain to pick up so just be ready for this, everybody, because it's over an inch of rain in many spots. and then

once we're through, which will be sunday afternoon, we have beautiful weather headed our way as we get into monday tuesday and wednesday. but tomorrow will be cold, rainy, windy. not very nice of you, but it is friday, but it will be friday. all right. up next, the powerball jackpot keeps on growing. we'll see how much is on t

>> the jackpot has not gone all the way up to an estimated 935 million dollars for saturday's drawing. that's for powerball. this will become the 11th largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history of the games. 5th largest total ever. the cash payout would be about

449 million dollars. some of the last few billion dollar. plus powerball winners bought their tickets in california. so good block. san francisco now ready for the boss. a new custom street sign along warriors way outside of chase center now reads bruce springsteen and the e street band. springsteen is scheduled to perform a chase tonight and on sunday. the shows are sold out. last year. he postponed his world tour as he recovered from a stomach also, but they are ready to have him back. beyonce's new album, a cowboy carter drops tonight. the first single texas hold'em made history by becoming the first song by a black female artist to hit number one on the country. songs chart. the singer just posted what appears to be the album's tracklist. the poster had 27 names on including references

to country legends like dolly parton and willie nelson. no word yet on if any of them are going to be featured on the album. but beyonce says there will be special guests. the album will drop tonight at 9 pacific. and are you looking for the perfect pooch? i can help. researchers in london have developed an algorithm, unclassified them in different groups from excited dogs too anxious and active dogs. they hope i could help potential dog owners pick the one that's just right for them. don't go anywhere. we have another hour of news ahead for you here on kron 4 today because it is opening day and one of the biggest questions is what's going to happen at tonight's a's game. >> fans are planning a reverse boycott at the coliseum tonight. but the team appears to be trying to keep the crowd size small. plus, a former north bay mayor accused of assault by multiple women is no longer being investigated by california's attorney general have the reason behind that decision. i'm justine

waldman. kron. 4 news 3 is next.

>> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> thanks for joining us here on kron for news at 3. i'm justine waldman. our top story is that bar police are saying they have stepped up safety measures across stations and that has made a big difference for riders. officials releasing some new data showing the affective miss. if it's safe a